fai-monitor

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

fai-monitor
receives messages from all install clients on port 4711 and
prints them to stdout.

OPTIONS

-p
port

Define port to listen on.
Default is port 4711.

-b

Call fai-chboot for the install client if the task
install was finished properly. Default is not to call
fai-chboot.

-i

Use IP address of connecting host when calling
fai-chboot. This can only be used if the host has the same
IP while installing as when running.

-l FILE

Logfile. Default is standard
out in non-daemon mode and
"/var/log/fai-monitor.log" in daemon mode.

-t TIMEOUT

Timeout for bad clients. 0 to
disable.

-d

Daemon mode.

-P FILE

PID-file. Default is
"/var/run/fai-monitor.pid". Used only if starting
in daemon mode.

-T

Print timestamps in the log.

NOTES

Normally, the
output will be piped to fai-monitor-gui, a GUI which
displays all information.

fai-monitor
reads variables from /var/log/fai/variables (key=value pair
format) and replies to request from clients if they have the
format: VARIABLE <VARNAME>. For e.g. if the clients
sends "VARIABLE FAI_VERSION", fai-monitor will
reply with OK and the value of this variable (e.g. "OK
4.5.6") if this variable is defined, otherwise it will
reply with UNKNOWN and repeats the VARNAME (e.g.
"UNKNOWN FAI_VERSION").

SEE ALSO

This program is
part of FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). See the FAI
manual for more information on how to use fai-monitor. The
FAI homepage is https://fai-project.org.